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Review: Alabama God Damn, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe

August 21, 2018 mstjl Reviews

The gothic horror of America’s Deep South is conjured up in Hippana Theatre’s entertaining new show, Alabama God Damn. In a captivating piece of storytelling

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Timmy Edinburgh Fringe

Review: Timmy, Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Fringe

August 21, 2018 mstjl Reviews

When I hear the name Timmy, I’m transported back to children’s television and memories of The Famous Five and a man with a giant pink

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Review: Drip Feed, Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe

August 20, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Sat hungover on a shabby sofa-bed, Brenda is stuck. She is finding it as hard to escape the place where she grew up as she

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Vivarium

Review: Vivarium, Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe

August 20, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Don McCamphill puts life on a council estate in Northern Ireland under the microscope in his compelling new drama Vivarium. It focuses on bright but

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Review: Nigel Slater’s Toast, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

August 19, 2018 mstjl Reviews

You can almost smell the cakes and pastries being made in the new stage adaptation of chef and food writer Nigel Slater’s memoir Toast. As

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De Profundis

Review: De Profundis, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Fringe

August 18, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Anyone who has experience of a toxic relationship will recognise the mix of bitterness, pain and love contained in Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis. It was

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Midsummer EIF

Review: Midsummer, The Hub, Edinburgh International Festival

August 17, 2018 mstjl Reviews

David Greig and Gordon McIntyre have returned to their smash hit “play with songs”, Midsummer, giving it a broader, more visual appeal. Originally staged in

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Lost in Thought

Review: Lost in Thought, Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe

August 17, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Felicity is on a first date with what appears to be the perfect man but she’s been trapped in the bathroom for nearly half an

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Review: Hamilton (Lewis), King’s Head, London and Edinburgh Fringe

August 15, 2018 mstjl Reviews

When it was announced that a musical called Hamilton was opening at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, some people responded (seriously or jokingly) by ridiculing the

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Pickle Jar

Review: Pickle Jar, Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe

August 15, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Maddie Rice has been going solo for the past year with an acclaimed performance in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag but she has now shown she has

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Review: The Greatest Play in the History of the World…, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

August 14, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Ian Kershaw’s new play may not be the greatest ever in the history of the world but it may well have the biggest heart. In

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Review: Funeral Flowers, Pleasance Pop-Up, Edinburgh Fringe

August 14, 2018 mstjl Reviews

A large apartment on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has been turned into a performance space by The Pleasance for this year’s Fringe, home to Power Play,

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